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President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met at the University of Miami for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2004 presidential election. They answered quest…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at Washington University in St. Louis for the last of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. They d…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at the University of Massachusetts Boston for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. T…

President Bill Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) met in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first of two presidential debates prior to the 1996 presidential election. The debate was mode…

President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR), and H. Ross Perot met at Washington University in St. Louis for the first of three Presidential debates prior to the 1992 Presidenti…

Jim Lehrer, veteran newsman and prolific writer, discussed some of the more memorable moments of televised presidential debates since 196O. He shared how he developed his questions and kept …

Former Johnson White House official & Carter Cabinet Secretary Joseph Califano examined our democracy and shared his views on how to bring back trustworthy systems of government.

Public media figures, including former PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer and talk show host Dick Cavett, gathered to discuss the history of news and public affairs programming. The Public Broad…

President Bill Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) met at the University of San Diego for the last of two presidential debates prior to the 1996 presidential election. They responded …

Journalists Lawrence Wright and Jim Lehrer talked about the political atmosphere of Dallas leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the changes to the city since the…

Jim Lehrer talked about his book, Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night.

Historians, authors, journalists and religious leaders talked about how Dallas has been affected by President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, and what the city has done to move…

Jim Lehrer talked about the history of presidential debates, his 2011 memoir Tension City, and his post-debate interviews with many of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. This…

Journalists who had been selected as moderators of the 2012 presidential debates talked about the debates, and the impact the debates had on the 2012 election. Among the issues they addresse…

President Obama and Mitt Romney met at the University of Denver for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2012 presidential election. The debate, presented in the a split-scre…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at Wake Forest University for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. They sat at a ta…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the presidential debate at the University of Denver.

This is the first of three panel discussions about Watergate and its legacy with many key players, including White House officials and the reporters who first broke the story. It begins with…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about innovation and its place in the global market. She also discussed other topics such as U.S. relationship with Pakistan and Russia, the Iraq Wa…

Jim Lehrer talked about his book Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates and responded to viewer calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed at the 28th Miami Book Fair Int…